I had a great time watching the first film (Alien). I guess I should've curbed my expectations for the sequel with respect to the hype created by my friend and the Rotten Tomatoes score.

Alien is horror masquerading as sci fi, Aliens is action masquerading as sci fi. I prefer Alien because the alien is terrifying but the motivations of Ian Holm's Ash bring a waking nightmare into reality.
I think the continuity is pretty much gone at this point though and I'm far more keen on a reboot after an extended hiatus than any further sci-fi dream teams or Ridley Scott involvement.

The best French films are all related to crime or wannabe gangsters. People to pity.
These include La Haine, 13 Tzameti and the greatest of all L'Homme Du Train.
The only other great french films have Emmanuelle Béart in them back when she was otherworldly hot. It's a shame what time and bad decisions have done to her once beyond-beautiful face.

The best French films are all related to crime or wannabe gangsters. People to pity.
These include La Haine, 13 Tzameti and the greatest of all L'Homme Du Train.
The only other great french films have Emmanuelle Béart in them back when she was otherworldly hot. It's a shame what time and bad decisions have done to her once beyond-beautiful face.

Have you seen that one French movie where two daft birds get it on...like a lot. And of them eats pasta in a very unpleasant manner?

Brother Where Art Thou, Lethal Weapon, Aliens all rate at 6/10 which is somehow as enjoyable as a film with The Rock running around a jungle.

I was actually thinking about it. For me, "6/10" represents that the movie wasn't bad or even average. It was definitely good but not amazing...if that makes any sense.

Let me try to redo them

Aliens - 6/10 (An intriguing action film that I did not enjoy as much as the original)

Lethal Weapon - 4/10 (My expectations were quite low. I guess I conditioned myself to enjoy it in a bubble)

O Brother, Where Art Thou? - 5/10 (Typical Coen Brothers production. I would've enjoyed it a lot more if I wasn't already sick of Vishal Bharadwaj whose films have similar character presentation and plot progression)

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle - 5/10 (I was not expecting this film to be so enjoyable. I don't get Kevin Hart but I am a huge mark for Jack Black. Have been since I was a kid.)

Moviepass #35 Hostiles 4/10 - Haven't been more disappointed by any of the movies I've seen so far than this. Didn't think Christian Bale was that great and aside from a hot opening 5 minutes and the final 5 minutes there was about 100 minutes of nothing happening besides watching them ride their horses from New Mexico to Montana..

I was actually thinking about it. For me, "6/10" represents that the movie wasn't bad or even average. It was definitely good but not amazing...if that makes any sense.

Let me try to redo them

Aliens - 6/10 (An intriguing action film that I did not enjoy as much as the original)

Lethal Weapon - 4/10 (My expectations were quite low. I guess I conditioned myself to enjoy it in a bubble)

O Brother, Where Art Thou? - 5/10 (Typical Coen Brothers production. I would've enjoyed it a lot more if I wasn't already sick of Vishal Bharadwaj whose films have similar character presentation and plot progression)

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Originally Posted by Ruien

He is watching the movies like 20 years to late so it makes sense.

I don't think the release dates have much to do with it, these films all stand up very well aesthetically. Arguably Lethal Weapon looks dated in an obvious way and that's mostly due to the film being set within living memory where the mullet was in style and women wore absurdly formless, high waisted jeans.

I'm always surprised when I find someone who's sensibilities are so different to mine when it comes to films.
I tend to reserve ratings of 5 and under for films that annoy or anger me in some way. A rating of 5 or lower is just a varying degree of shit to me, so I find it hard to reconcile Dave's seemingly innocuous and inoffensive comments with his oddly low scores. Especially the Lethal Weapon one. If I find a film to be 4/10 I slag it right off before I mention anything it did right.

I don't think the release dates have much to do with it, these films all stand up very well aesthetically. Arguably Lethal Weapon looks dated in an obvious way and that's mostly due to the film being set within living memory where the mullet was in style and women wore absurdly formless, high waisted jeans.

I'm always surprised when I find someone who's sensibilities are so different to mine when it comes to films.
I tend to reserve ratings of 5 and under for films that annoy or anger me in some way. A rating of 5 or lower is just a varying degree of shit to me, so I find it hard to reconcile Dave's seemingly innocuous and inoffensive comments with his oddly low scores. Especially the Lethal Weapon one. If I find a film to be 4/10 I slag it right off before I mention anything it did right.